Coolbaugh to stay with Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department

The Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department received a vote of confidence Tuesday when one of its dissenting municipalities decided to stick with the department.

The Coolbaugh Township Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to rescind its intent-to-leave letter from the police department, giving a boost to the department’s future.

Coolbaugh Township represents about 42 percent of the department’s budget. Without its participation, layoffs, budget cuts and an uncertain future were in store for the department.

The township sent the intent-to-leave letter in December and its departure would have taken effect on Jan. 1, 2014. With Tuesday’s vote to rescind the letter, it can’t file another intent-to-leave letter until the end of this year that wouldn’t take effect until Jan. 1, 2015.